Design philosophy: “The whole idea is to keep things as simple as possible; I like everything pared down to its purest form.”

Live before renovating: “I lived here for a year before I did anything
to the house, which I think is a smart thing to do before you renovate.
You want to see how people move around the house, where the traffic is,
and where people like to be.”

]]>Practicality rules: “There’s
nothing easily broken in my house. There are no side tables in any of
the bedrooms, just shelves that stick out from the wall. The outside is
so beautiful — the simpler the inside is, the more you are going to
stare out the window.”

White is always right: “I used a
combination of different shades of Farrow & Ball white
paints–there are several whites on the walls.”